The Sicatoka

The Keeble beat goes on: http://www.in-forum.com/articles/index.cfm...mp;section=News

I do. The statement by "TRex" offends me. It should offend everyone. But the last thing that should happen is that my claimed offense, or anyone else's claimed offense, should prevent the idea from being aired. (Now read my signature.)

mksioux nailed it: Stenehjem can still get what he needs from them into court. However, my two weeks summer vacation in Bismarck in the AG's office reading what the NCAA Executive Committee orders for lunch during meetings, and other curious details of inner NCAA workings so vital to the privacy of Myles Brand, et al, is off I guess now.

From: http://www.in-forum.com/articles/index.cfm...mp;section=news An open meetings law problem in Fargo, between the city and NDSU ....

Idle back there Brandon.

No, $0.77 a day.

I believe that's the case only by request of the teams. (The league would probably rather be cheap and not have to fly in a crew for one game.)

I'd pick Campion over Adams in 3 games, ... but who'd be their ref? ;)

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Maybe next time they'll do their hair and nails. What's for the Gophers after this? Bikini waxes?

I don't buy one bit of their "chilling" argument line. The words "company confidential" don't mean shine-ola, especially if it's information directly pertinent to a lawsuit. (And guess what: If your "trade secret" is suspected as having caused the harm that is the base of the case it ain't gonna be a secret much longer either is my bet.) Now, to Tag Anderson's point in court: The first time the root word "confidential" (as 'confidentiality') appears in the 2006-2007 DI manual is on page 441, Section 32 "Enforcement Policies and Procedures." It is only used in that section and Section 33 "Athletics Certification Policies and Procedures". In those sections it explicitly lays out what is confidential information in the NCAA. Nowhere in the previous 440 pages of the contract (manual document), where all of the legislative process and committee structures and bylaws and operating procedures are defined, is the term used. (Sections 32 and 33 are the last two of the document/contract.)

From: http://www.uscho.com/news/id,13957/Bracket...March72007.html

Tick. Tock. Tick. Tock.

You finally ditched the reel-to-reel players, eh?

They are opportunistic and have adjusted, unfortunately for the worse, by adopting bad habits, no, let's call them what they are, penalties (because they are outside the rules actions to gain a playing advantage), as a part of their game. And they've done this because they can, because they were presented the opportunity, and they adjusted to it, albeit outside the NCAA accepted officiating norms. The WCHA brass is an accomplice in this by allowing it. I hope you're right, else this will transition from prediction to actuality:

And how does that align to the NCAA's statements that it's a "member driven" organization.

Has the disservice been done already? Yes. Is two weeks long enough to fix it? No. But is that an excuse to not try, and maybe get officials into the right habit for next year.

Heck, remember, if you're on a UND computer or computing system you are subject to audit under the rules of use per the UND computing facilities agreement you signed up to. UND can audit incoming or outgoing traffic for appropriate content. And good lawyers grab all emails, all communications, for discovery in cases all the time. With that in mind, if I were an attorney in the case I wouldn't go for discover on just intra-NCAA email traffic but maybe all traffic between certain domains (NCAA.org? UND.edu?) that are key in this case. It's open to discovery like anything else. Who knows if you'll find anything, but that's why you do discovery.

Reject secrecy request

There's no clear-cut favorite in this horse race; there's just the current leader (Freund). If someone stumbles the field runs for the lead. If Brock can do the job, Brock'll do the job, but Dan's on the inside rail right now.

All cynicism toward McLeod and Shepherd (and they are due) aside, will this be the first weekend all year that the WCHA referees will call the obstruction rule the way the rest of the NCAA, especially the CCHA and HEA, has called it all season long? Let's face it: - Chris Porter's little-bitty high tug at the shoulder with the stick: obstruction hook. - Mike Vanelli's uncanny ability to discretely put a stick onto an ankle to slow someone down: obstruction tripping. - Casey Borer's knack at getting into the skating line of an opponent to let his partner get to the puck first: obstruction interference. If the WCHA officers don't tell the WCHA officials to follow the NCAA guidelines regarding obstruction this weekend (and next) they're doing a disservice to all those WCHA teams who make the field of 16 because the WCHA will be seeing HEA or CCHA officials in two weeks. And they'll be spending a lot of time skating the penalty kill.

Is it Wednesday yet? I want to hear the NCAA's argument for sealing the documentation of their star chamber activities. It should be good comedy.

I knew that. I fixed it. (See what happens when you copy/paste from another site too quickly.)

Indeed. (Kenny is a character from the show "South Park". In many, many episodes, he is killed in some freakishly funny way. Afterwards, his friends Stan and Kyle say:) Stan: "Oh my God! They killed Kenny!" Kyle: "You Bastards!" (And in some episodes rats, that look a little too much like Goldie to my eyes, run in and start devouring the body. Slap Shot is surely behind all of it, and the posters too. And he's behind that Roswell, NM, thing too.)

Finally.